Music

Sacramento, we’ve finally done it! After years of evaluating multiple surveys, acquiring and analyzing new knowledge and conducting multiple experiments, a conclusion has finally been reached. The facts speak for themselves, and as hypothesized, evidence proves Sacramento to have an exceptionally respectable music scene … and it’s not messing around….

The Red Rabbit Kitchen & Bar is one of the driving forces behind Sacramento’s rise to craft-cocktail prominence When Imbibe magazine listed Sacramento as one of the top 10 “places to visit in 2013” because of its surging craft-cocktail culture, it seemed as if by some divine alchemy the local…

The Knockoffs and their place in Sacramento’s punk rock history Country licks with a traditional punk-rock style. Twenty years of street cred earned within the ever-fluctuating Sacramento music scene. Not to mention the immeasurable amount of respect from bands such as 7Seconds, the Groovie Ghoulies, festival organizers and promoters alike….

Youth Lagoon, TIARAS, Roxanne from the Sandwitches Harlow’s • Sacramento • Aug. 9, 2013 Recently turned on to Youth Lagoon, I’ve since been pairing their two albums, The Year of Hibernation and Wondrous Bughouse, with my daily morning coffee intake. Their dreamlike, underwater qualities make for an easy transition from…

YACHT KEEPS THINGS REFRESHINGLY WEIRD WHILE OTHERS PLAY IT SAFE Where are the PJ Harveys, the Laurie Andersons and the Yoko Onos of Generation Y? For every CocoRosie out there, there are infinitely more bands that keep their music exceedingly tame. In an age where it seems experimental and outspoken…

Dogfood look toward the release of their latest album and beyond Dogfood bassist Matthew Harris began doing what countless 15-year-olds set out to do: buy an instrument, practice for hours and start a band with friends with the dream of being the next big thing. After playing in a few…

Hardcore Progenitors Shai Hulud Are as Pissed-Off As Ever There was a period of my early 20s when Shai Hulud’s second album, That Within Blood Ill-Tempered (a particularly scathing hardcore-metal hybrid in which the opening seconds of the first song features a brood of super-pissed guys screaming “Rest assured! This…

Soulful, Danceable and Real, Groovincible Plans to Get You Moving with Their New Album If you are ever in search of a vocalist and partner in crime, you might try spotting the flyest girl in the bar and asking her to sing for you. The odds that she will deliver…

Local Rapper Blee Gets Cooking in the Studio and in the Kitchen A peppery waft of aromatics seduces the palate as a mélange of vegetables is introduced with a hiss to a searingly hot, well-seasoned stir fry pan. The chef delights in the fragrance emanating from his cooking vessel and…

If you’re even slightly interested in Sacramento’s music culture, you’ve more than likely heard, or at the very least heard of, the beloved local indie-pop group known as Musical Charis. The prolific group of young artists sure does play around town a lot, but even so, it’s impossible to get…